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Exhibit A: Summary of proposal submitted to the California Energy Commission on December 21, 2009 for the Residential Retrofit Program (SEP2J by ABAG ... The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) is collaborating with the Bay Area's eight counties to establish a comprehensive residential single-family and multifamily building retrofit program (Retrofit Bay Area) that leverages regional cooperation and funding while enabling autonomy at the local level. The proposed ABAG program aligns with local, regional and national goals of promoting economic vitality through an increase in green jobs, reducing U.S. oil dependency through increases in energy efficiency and deployment of renewable energy technologies, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. On behalf of 109 local governments, ABAG has submitted a proposal to the California Energy Commission's State Energy Program (SEP) to request $10.75 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant funds administered by the U.S. Department of Energy. This grant program, known informally as SEP 2 to distinguish it from three other elements of California's SEP program, runs from February 1, 2010 to March 31, 2012. The ARRA/SEP 2 grant funds would be used by ABAG program participants to carry out local and Bay Area-wide consumer outreach and education campaigns and workforce development activities that will accelerate demand for home energy retrofits and expand the regional building industry's capacity to deliver high quality, cost-effective retrofit services. The program has a goal of retrofitting 15,000 single-family homes and 2,000 multifamily units in the region, and creating 1, 739 jobs. Retrofit Bay Area will complement existing and planned local retrofit activities, including the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing districts that enable homeowners to finance energy efficiency retrofits and renewable energy improvements through assessments paid via their property taxes. This ABAG program will leverage and complement other local, regional and federal funding sources for energy retrofits, including anticipated grant funds from the State Energy Program's Municipal Financing Program (known as SEP 1) and the federal Retrofit Ramp-Up program. Participant Role Association of Bay Area Governments Lead, fiscal agent and contract administrator Alameda County (StopWaste.Org)and Sonoma Regional tasks and local retrofit program County (Sonoma County Transportation Authority) implementation Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Local retrofit program implementation Santa Clara and Solano Counties Bevilacqua Knight, Inc., Build It Green and Regional and local implementation assistance, California Building Performance Contractors Assn. quality assurance and reporting a,~,. ~~. Retrofit Bay Area allocates $2,831,786 to StopWaste.Org to manage specific local and regional tasks through StopWaste.Org's Green Packages program. Green Packages, a green retrofit program for existing buildings and landscapes in Alameda County, is supported by Alameda County and all 14 of its